39°01′48″N 46°43′07″E / 39.03000°N 46.71861°E
Mincivan Mijnavan | |
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Coordinates: 39°01′48″N 46°43′07″E / 39.03000°N 46.71861°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan (de jure) Disputed: Artsakh (de facto) |
Rayon | Zangilan (de jure) |
Province | Kashatagh (de facto; disputed) |
Population (2015[1]) | |
• Total | 300 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (UTC) |
Mincivan, or Mijnavan (Armenian: Միջնավան) is a town located in the Zangilan Rayon of Azerbaijan.
History
Mincivan was part of the Zangezur Uyezd of the Elisabethpol Governorate of Russian Empire.
According to Soviet census of 1933, Mincivan town of Zangilan District of Azerbaijan SSR had 322 residents (169 men, 153 women). The entire village council (the villages of Bakharly, Dellakli, Tarakeme), whose center was Minjivan, consisted of 100% of Azerbaijanis.[2]
Mincivan had 5506 residents in 1989.[3] The city was occupied by ethnic Armenian forces in 1993 and the Azerbaijani residents of the city were deported during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. There were 300 people living in the town as of 2015.[1]
Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev announced control of the town on 21 October 2020.[4]
References
- ^ a b 2015 Artsakh official census
- ^ Административное деление АССР [Administrative division of the ASSR]. Baku: AzUNKHU Edition. 1933. p. 100.
- ^ "Demoscope Weekly - Application. Handbook of statistical indicators". www.demoscope.ru. 2017.
- ^ @azpresident. "Rəşadətli Azərbaycan Ordusu Zəngilan rayonunun Mincivan qəsəbəsi." (Tweet) – via Twitter. {{Cite tweet}}: Invalid |number= (help)
- Mincivan at GEOnet Names Server
- World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan – World-Gazetteer.com